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Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-20
Page range: 145–154
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Bovista hollosii—a new puffball (Lycoperdaceae) from sand steppe vegetation in Hungary

Lilla Håjumsgatan 4, SE-46135 Trollhättan, Sweden
Zsombolyai u. 56., H-8000, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, PO Box 461, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
Agaricales ITS molecular systematics taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

A new puffball species, Bovista hollosii, belonging to Bovista subgenus Bovista is described. It is morphologically reminiscent of B. tomentosa but differs in peridial and spore features. Molecular data confirm it as distinct from B. tomentosa. The new species is recorded from sand steppe habitats in Central Hungary. A key to the north and central European species belonging to subgenus Bovista is provided along with illustrations of the new described species.